Deutsches Afrikakorps

Lineage

Aufklärungsstab Rommel

Deutsches Afrikakorp

History

Formed from Aufklärungsstab Rommel on February 19th, 1941.

Parts upgraded into Panzergruppe Afrika on
August 15th, 1941, although the DAK itself continued to exist under the
control of the newly formed Panzergruppe, and it would go on to fight until
the capitulation in Tunisia in May of 1943.